Alcoa preview: Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is engaged in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina combined, through its participation in technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating and recycling. The company has a market capitalization of $8.24 billion. It is expected to report FY 2013 second-quarter EPS of 8 cents on revenue of $5.92 billion, compared with a profit of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.96 billion in the year-ago period. Alcoa is trading at around $7.70 per share. So far this year, the stock has lost 11.2 percent.